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Teachers and teaching styles in Poland [6]
Well in Poland, it all depends on who will be teaching you. If you get a teacher for "old school" or a guy right after getting a degree, you can consider yourself lucky. They are full of passion and really want you to learn something. Passion in teaching is almost, if not the most important thing, you have to show students you really like what you are doing.
The one thing that teachers in Poland should avoid is using to many "technical words" often, why? It just getting your "audience" bored very fast. Try to tell them some stories from your own life, it gets students "on your side" very fast. Don't be too soft, that is the most important thing, polish stundent don't have respect for teachers that are too soft. Im not saying that you should punch every one in class if they get annoying... Damn, cant explain it clear... hope you get what im trying to say.
It's always a good idea to do something funny before clasess start. I remember my history teacher, one time before he got into the class, he carefully looked inside the classroom, checked if nothings gonna fall on his head, and then got in. I looked very funny, everyone was laughing. He was a perfect teacher for polish students, made people laugh, but didn't let anybody "get on his head". Many times he was singing when we did tests.
When teaching in poland you must find the balance between being a teacher and a friend for students, cause you must be both, that is the only way for effective teaching.
Sorry for my english, i hope you can get the message from what i wrote here.
